Ideas from 'Understanding' by Stephen R. Grimm [2011], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Routledge Companion to Epistemology' (ed/tr Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D) [Routledge 2014,978-0-415-72269-8]].

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck

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'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour

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You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions'